Blacking-brush



(No Model.)

C. N. WILGOX.

BLAGKNG BRUSH.

110.415,354. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CURTIS N. FILCOX, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

BLACKlNG-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,354, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed August 8, 1889. Serial No. 320,124. (No model.)

To aZZ whoml it may concern:

Be it known that I, CURTIS N. IVILCOX, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blaeking-Brushes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in blacking-brushes of that class wherein is combined in one device a dauber, a polisher, and a blacking-boX, the parts being so arranged that the head of the dauber serves as a cover to the blackingboX.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simple and durable device of this class, division being made for the ready assemblage of all the parts and the easy inversion of the dauber to take out a quantity of blacking from the box and the quick return of the same to its normal position to cover the blacking.

The novelty resides in the peculiarities of construction and the combination, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a side elevation of a brush embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a suitable brush-head of any approved form, to which are attached in any suitable manner the bristles B and handle B. Attached to the head A at the end opposite the handle is a metallic plate C, which has a lateral portion C resting upon the top of the head, and to which is secured in any suitable manner the blacking-box holder D, (or it may be an integral part of said holder D,) which is formed with the upwardly-extending lugs or flanges D', which are elastic or springy, and are adapted to hold the blacking-box E.

In practice, I design to so construct this holder that the said flanges will be sufficient means for holding the blacking-box; but in order to adapt the holder to boxes of slightlyvarying diameters I provide a set-screw D2, which passes through one of said Iianges, and is designed to bear against the box to hold it in a manner well understood.

The blacking-box is wit-hout a cover, the head of the dauber being constructed to serve this office, as will be hereinafter explained.

The plate C is formed with a vertical portion C2, which at its upper end terminates in an outwardly-curved or lateral portion O3. This Vertical portion C2 may be an extension of one of the flanges D of the box-holder, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Near the upper end of this vertical portion I form a vertical slot C4, which is of the form shown in Fig. 3-that is, terminating at its lower end in an enlarged portion C5, for a purpose hereinafter explained. This vertical portion of the plate may be formed in any desired ornamental shape.

The dauber consists of a suitable head, to which are connected in any suitable manner the bristles F.

G is a preferably metallic sleeve or cylinder, preferably tapered to aid in its readily seating itself upon the blacking-boX and with its smaller end embracing the head of the dauber. It is secured thereto in the follow ing manner: H is a wire bent to form a suitable handle, and the ends thereof passed through openings or slots H H2 in diametrically-opposite sides of the cup, and centrally into the head of the dauber is the screw I, which also passes through an aperture in a washer I', as shown clearly in Fig. 2, so that the screwing up of the screw binds the washer upon the arms of the wire, thus connecting the cup, wire, and dauber together. Attached to the ends of the wire H outside of the cup Gr is the head J, which terminates in a circular portion J', between which and the main body of the head the same is reduced to form a neck or groove J 2.

To the upper face of the handle B is secured a hook B2, and beneath said hook the said handle is preferably formed with a trans verse cut or groove B3, for a purpose herein* after set forth.

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Fig. 3 bythe simple manipiilatio'nofvthefhan-` dle, the neck J 2 Working in the slot serving' as a trunnion on which thelpartsrevolvehthe enlargeid'hea'd J serving to ,preventleparai tion of: the parts. When Snlciy 'ntl blackingv versed, and theeparationof thepa sfinfthe turning of thedanberis prevented.

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` 1."The" combination, vvviththe briljsh'and the" This is the normal polsitiolnof the When it is desired to usethefdauber';

plate C, attached thereto, of the ldajuber and 3o the handle fixed thereto, with one end connected with said plate to rotate therein and the other end detachably connected With the handle of the brush, substantially as specified.

2..{I`he combinatiomwfith the brush and the plate C, attached thereto and having a vertical portion formed With a key-hole slot, of the dau'ber 4having a handle connected thereto, vand a head on said handle having an enlarged en dJand, groove fand ,-.engeginglle Said slot, Siibsta'iitially as" and"for"'tl1`e purpose specified.' 4 j y3. The combination, Witli the brush and its handle formednwith a groove B3, oftheplate AC, anche@ to t @ad f the; and

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